Reel for check-row wires



PATENT Crtica..

CHARLES s. LooKn, Or JOLIET, ILLINOIS. 1

REEL FOR C HECKQROW WIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,831, dated February 5, 1884.

' Application filed October 9.0, 1883. (No model.) I

To all whom, 'lit may concer/z Beitknown that I, CHARLES S. Looiin, aciti'- zen of the United States of America, residingv at Joliet, in the: county of Vill and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels for Check-Row Wires, of which the following is a speciica tion, reference being had therein to the accom,-V

panying drawings.

Figures l and 2 are endA elevations; Fig. 3,

a front elevation, with a portion of the reel broken away, and Fig. 4, a perspective view of the reel-head.

This invention relates to certain improvements in reels for check-row wires, the construction and operation of which I will set forth in the following specification and claims.

Referring to the drawings, D and B represent a pair of rectangular frames, the frame B being shorter than frame D, and the two pivoted together, as shown at B2., in Such manner that frame B can fold onto frame D, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. Then standing as shown in Figs. l and 3, they form the stand to support the reel S, which is boxed in frame D, so it can. be revolved by means of the crank l?, to wind up the check-row wire, as shown in said figure. The reel S is formed of the end pieces, S S2,`(eacl1 end being alike,) upon which the cross-bars d are firml y nailed, as shown, forming the surface upon which the wireis' wound. The reel S is cut circular, as shown, so it can roll like a wheel on the ground, for the purpose of paying out the wire XV as it rolls, as shown inFig. 2, in which case the frame B folds over onto frame D, as shown in said gure, so the cross-bars VB and D forni means fordrawing the reel along by hand, or for attachment to the planter or a wagon, for transporting it for said purpose, thus saving the trouble of loading up the reel on a wagon or planter to pay ont the wire, as is done in other machines of this class. The cross-bars B D2 are attached to the extreme lower end of their respectivev frames, to furnish a permanent rest on the ground, so as to preventthe ends of the frames from sinking into the soft earth, and thereby prevent the stand from falling over easily.

The ends of the reel S are each provided with the metal head, such as is shown in Fig. 4,

havinga central hub, c2, and a pair of hooked end, to enter a square opening in the hub, so.

it will rotate the reel. By this constructionl no bolts or screws are necessary for attaching the hub to the rcel, and furnishes a very strong and permanent hub, easy to apply and easily replaced if broken. The hub ci is made rather long, so as to have a long bearing on its axle,

to prevent wear.

I am aware reel-stands have been made to fold something like this, but not in such n1an ner, or for the purpose of furnishing means for rolling the reel S along on the ground to pay out the wire, nor with the cross-bars B- and D2 at the eictremeend, to form a rest on the ground to support the reel, as in this case. Neither am I aware of the use-of any such reel, circular in form, for the purpose of rolling O11 the ground to pay out the wire; nor am I aware ofthe use of any such reel-heads as is shown in Fig. 4c, having the flanges for their attachment to the reel without screw or bolts. By the use of four cross-pieces, S S2, for the ends of the reels, instead of two, as is usually the case, its peripheral surface is more easily distributed than it otherwise would be, so it will roll more easily and with less j olt and jar. Sometimes the wire YV might be wound upon the reel in the Oppositev direction from that shown in Figs. l and 2. In such case the reel would-rollin the opposite direction from that shown in Fig'. 2 torpay out the wire by resting the outer end of the frame B on the planter and making it fast to the crossarm B', as shown by the dotted lines in said figure.-

Having thus described Iny invention, what I claim as new7 and desire to secure by Letters c, having the hub 'cc and hooked lugs c c', in

Patent, is as follows, to wit: combination with the reel S, as and for the 1. The reel S for cheek-row Wires described, purpose Set forth.

having the heads c, hubs c, and hooked lugs CHARLES S. LOCKE. 5 o c', in combination with :L supporth1g-frame, XVitnesses:

as and for the purpose set forth. Trios. H. I'IU'rCIUNS'.

2. In a reel for cheek-row Wires, the head XV. J. I-IU'rCIIINS. 

